How to Make Community Colleges Work For Students

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jul 7, 2015

In the United States, 1,200 community colleges enroll over ten million students each year―nearly half of the nation’s undergraduates. Yet fewer than 40 percent of entrants complete an undergraduate degree within six years. In Redesigning America’s Community Colleges: A Clearer Path to Student Success, Thomas Bailey provides a guide for educational leaders whose institutions typically receive short shrift in academic and policy discussions, and makes a case that two-year colleges can substantially increase rates of student success.

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